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Our commitment to creating a more sustainable future

As a leading solutions provider in the beverage packaging
industry, environmental issues are an important focus both for us,
and for our customers. Our business is built with the aim to
conserve the planet's resources in an ethical and socially
responsible manner.

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Crucial industry challenges

By 2030 forecasts suggest demands on our planet for energy
will increase by 50%, food by 50% and water by 30%. This means food
and drink handling must play a central role in increasing
sustainable practices.

Anchored throughout our organisation

We take sustainability into account on all our projects.
We integrate environmental considerations into management
decisions, investments, policies, programmes and practices across
our business.

Continuously improved

We strive for continuous improvement to sustainability issues in
our development, sourcing, manufacturing and transportation
activities. All our solutions are designed to deliver the highest
possible level of resource savings.

Here are some examples of how we help beverage producers
increase their resource savings:

Minimum energy, air, chemicals and water usage is ensured with
the new eco-responsible solution Sidel Matrix™:

Blowers use up to 45% less energy in the oven and 35% less
energy for air compression

The filling machines reduce energy by up to 30% by using
servomotors instead of traditional drive systems

The labellers cut electrical consumption by up to 40%

Sensitive products such as juices, teas and liquid dairy
products can be packaged aseptically, using no water and almost no
chemicals thanks to our innovative Predis™ dry preform
decontamination solution.

Eco-friendly recycled material and 100% solvent-free,
the Sidel
Rollsleeve labeller is a labelling solution for now and
the future.

Raw material savings along with carbon footprint reduction in
transportation is possible without compromising consumer appeal
through the RightWeight™approach to bottle
design.

Energy
savings can be achieved by up to 45% on existing lines by
installing ECO oven onto the blower and by 15% on existing blowers
by installing ECO lamps.

Improving products' environmental performance

In order to determine the easiest, most affordable and necessary
steps to improve a beverage product's environmental performance, it
is essential to consider the entire packaging equation. We use
Lifecycle Analysis (LCA) for this purpose.

LCA follows the product right up to the completion of its
lifecycle and takes into account its carbon footprint. This
includes design to specification, cost, recycling, environmental
impact and performance. It covers the whole package - all primary,
secondary and tertiary packages - and accounts for weight and
composition, the manufacturing process, handling and transport, as
well as food safety.

We have helped beverage producers worldwide with their own LCA
calculations to ensure they achieve the most sustainable liquid
packaging solution.

Minimising carbon footprint

Committed to protecting
the environment in everything we do, we are investing at all of our
sites so that we can gradually implement initiatives that will
allow us to better manage natural resources. Our goal is to
eventually use solutions based on renewable energies.

Some of our site improvements

We have evaluated our carbon footprint at our manufacturing
site in Octeville, France, as a starting point to improving
sustainability at all our sites around the world. Read the full
report here.